Landing net



' F.YBARTOS.

LANDING NET.

APPLlCATION FVILED on. 7. 1920.

Patented May 16, 1922.

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earner FRANK BARTOS, or HELENA, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF r SHIRLEYo. ASHBY, Jn, or HELENA, MONTANA.

LANDING NET.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented May 16, 1922.

Application filed October 7, 1920. Serial No. 415M265.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK BARTOS, a citi zenoi the United States, residing at Helena, in the county of Lewis andClark and State of? Montana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Landing Nets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to nets and more particularly to that class ofsuch devices known as landing nets, and has for its primary object theprovision of a landing net of the character set forth which is adaptedto be reduced in area in order that the same be placed within the pocketof the user or packed away without the usual inconvenience oftransporting such articles.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as will from time to timehereinafter appear this invention consists in the peculiar arrangementand combination oi the various parts of a landing net as hereinafterdescribed and more particularly pointed out in the added claims.

Referring to the accompanyin drawings forming a portion of thisspecification and in which the same reference numerals indicate the sameparts wherever used,

Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section and partly broken away,and showing the handle in its extended and retracted position;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation partly in section and partly broken away,and

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3, 3 of Fig. l.

The net -fl is supported in. the usual man ner upon the net hoop 5 shownbroken away for clearness of illustration.

The net hoop 5 terminates in a pair of arms 6 and 17 extending frombends 8 and 9 respectively and terminating in screwthreaded ends 10.

A casting designated as a whole by the numeral 11 and formed of suitablematerial is )rovided with cars 12 and 13 centrally bored out at 14 toreceive respectively the members 6 and 7 which pass therethrough and areheld in position therein by means of binding nuts 15 engaging thethreaded ends 10.

The casting 11 is further provided with a central bore 16 tapered fromthe inner end 17 thereof to a reduced diameter at the outer end 18 andis adapted to receive a handle 19 having a shank 20 reversely taformswith the bore 16 a jam fit when the members are in the position shown infull lines in Fig. 1. and when the parts are in such position the net isadapted for use.

lVhen it is desired to reduce the net to a small compass in order toinsert the same in the pocket or to pack the net away, the handle 19 ismoved from the position shown in full lines in Fig. l to position shownin dotted lines therein until the handle is in such position that it iswithin the area of the net hoop, thus providing a compact article whichmay be easily carried wherever desired.

By the construction as above described there is provided a landing netwhich may be carried in the pocket and be readily secured and put intooperative or unfolded position with one hand by grasping the handle andwithdrawing the net from the pocket, whereupon the net may be unfoldedby a downward flirt of the hand which causes the net to slide along thehandle to its unfolded position.

What I claim is:

1. In a net in combination with a net hoop, a casting carrying said hoopand provided with a tapered bore, and a handle reversely tapered to thetaper of the bore of the casting and adapted for sliding engagementtherewith whereby the forward end of the handle is adapted to be movedwithin the area of the net hoop when it is desired to reduce the deviceto smaller compass.

2. In a net in combination with a net hoop, a casting having a taperedbore, a pair of ears formed on said casting, said ears having engagingmeans for the termial ends of said hoop, means for removably securinsaid hoop ends to said ears, and a handle correspondingly tapered to thecasting bore to removably engage the same. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK BARTOS.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. MITCHKE, T. B. WEIR.

